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The Burnout Podcast with Fexingo: Workplace Exhaustion, Recovery, and Sustainable Careers
How Burnout Reshapes Your Relationship with Feedback
- Published
- July 25, 2026
- Duration
- 6:02
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Aug 2, 2026
Discusses When Sarah, a marketing director in Chicago, hit burnout last year, she noticed something strange: e…
Summary
When Sarah, a marketing director in Chicago, hit burnout last year, she noticed something strange: even a well-intentioned suggestion from a colleague felt like a personal attack. In this episode, we explore the neuroscience behind why burnout makes us hyperreactive to feedback. A 2023 study from the Journal of Applied Psychology found that employees repo…
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When Sarah, a marketing director in Chicago, hit burnout last year, she noticed something strange: even a well-intentioned suggestion from a colleague felt like a personal attack. In this episode, we explore the neuroscience behind why burnout makes us hyperreactive to feedback. A 2023 study from the Journal of Applied Psychology found that employees reporting high burnout were 73% more likely to interpret neutral feedback as negative. We break down the three-stage threat response that kicks in